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Joe Sestak is in, and he's making it official tomorrow. Sestak, a Democrat who narrowly lost to Republican Pat Toomey in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, will announce his attempt at a rematch tomorrow outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, according to his campaign staff. In a news release, the Sestak campaign said he "is running to restore Americans’ lost trust in their political leaders by being accountable to the people." Toomey is viewed as potentially vulnerable as he seeks reelection during a year with the presidential contest at the top of the ticket. That race likely will boost turnout, particularly in Philadelphia, giving an edge to Democrats who...

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Joe Sestak is in, and he's making it official tomorrow.
Sestak, a Democrat who narrowly lost to Republican Pat Toomey in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, will announce his attempt at a rematch tomorrow outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, according to...

Considering party affiliation among potential appointees to commissioner seats may soon be scrubbed from discussions in Whitehall Township.
The topic of amending Whitehall's Home Rule Charter may be raised as a ballot question for voters to decide in the...

— Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pointed to national security as the biggest issue for next year's presidential race, and touted his own resume to the conservatives here evaluating a pack of potential candidates.
Santorum, the runner-up for the...

It's a battle of the Eds and Route 22 is in the trenches.On Thursday, Whitehall Township Mayor Ed Hozza Jr. announced that he'll seek a third term in office, calling this year a critical election. Why? Because Hozza believes Whitehall Township is being...

We often hear about how stupid the American voter is. I'm hopeful that it is more an issue of ignorance.
Before you ever cast another — or your first — ballot, there is a book you absolutely must read first. It is written by Mike Lofgren. He spent nearly...

HARRISBURG — With the state facing a deficit of up to $2.3 billion, lawmakers and citizens Thursday plugged their own ideas for raising money.For the Republican-controlled House, part of the answer to Pennsylvania's fiscal woes came in the form of a...

George Yasso, a financial adviser, was picked by Bethlehem City Council on Monday to become the interim controller, filling a vacancy created by the death of David T. DiGiacinto.In accepting the appointment, Yasso said he knows he has big shoes to fill...

Ending months of speculation, Lehigh County Sheriff Ronald Rossi on Monday confirmed that, for the first time in 24 years, there will be a new sheriff in town next year.
Rossi, 78, a Democrat who has held the office since 1991, said he will not seek...

It looks as if voters — not Gov. Tom Wolf and state senators — will have the first and final say in filling two vacancies on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The openings are among three on the seven-member court — the result of one mandatory...

Immigration is supposed to be a bitterly divisive topic for Republicans. Yet a very narrow range of opinion separates the party's leading presidential candidates, which is unfortunate for the country.
The last Republican presidential nominee, Mitt...

— The Marcellus Shale Coalition had spent months and thousands of dollars on a rally and parade against drilling taxes.It chartered buses. It rented Harrisburg's minor league baseball stadium. It handed out free "Pennsylvania Jobs, Pennsylvania...

U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent said Sunday that voter identification laws should be allowed under a renewed effort to update the federal Voting Rights Act.
Dent is one of six Republicans co-sponsoring a bill from Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and...

HARRISBURG — When the state Democratic Party holds its winter meeting this weekend, the primary agenda item is a routine one: picking candidates for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and other judicial races.
But roiling below the surface is a widening rift...

Nichola Gutgold remembers sitting in class in middle school, staring at the oval presidential portraits that lined the walls of her classroom and taking note of the fact that they were all men.
By the time she was in college in 1984, Geraldine Ferraro...

Ben B. Long, 21, of South Whitehall Township, recently was named executive director of the Lehigh County Republican Committee. The appointment came after Long, a DeSales University junior and 2012 graduate of Parkland High School, worked with the...

HARRISBURG — In his first month in office, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has kept lawmakers off balance by throwing them lollipop gestures of kindness one day, and then sneaking political fastballs by them the next.
Depending on one's political persuasion,...

Olga Negron arrived to Bethlehem 20 years ago divorced and with three daughters and a job that barely paid the bills.
With the help of a Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, she was able to make ends meet, buy house and raise three...

In the dustup over Rudy Giuliani saying he doesn't believe that the president loves America, it's a tossup who deserves more to be sent to the woodshed, him or the fellow Republicans who rushed to justify his remark.The man once called "America's...

Northampton County Executive John Brown got a big win Thursday when council was unable to override his veto of an ordinance that would have stripped Brown of some of his power to issue contracts.
The ordinance to limit Brown's authority to issue...